Tax Transparency Sector Board Terms of Reference

PURPOSE

The primary purpose of the Tax Transparency Sector Board will be to:

- Drive the Departmental transparency agenda and the release of HMRC information in line with the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, Data Protection Act and other relevant legislation
- Inform and advise HMRC's Open Data Strategy, serving as a focal point to direct requests for data and improving the Department's understanding of the value and use of tax information to the broader benefit of the UK

MEASURING SUCCESS

The following key output will enable the Board to measure success in meeting open data requirements:

The further release of new HMRC data that could be reused for commercial purposes or analysed by academia for wider public benefit, with a particular focus on:

- large routine public service datasets
- provision of access for service users to their own identifiable data
- user feedback on services
- strategies for engagement with data users to drive social and economic growth
- supporting individuals and businesses to obtain fast, easy access to public sector data

MEMBERSHIP

Members of the Board will include stakeholders from academia and the public, voluntary and private sector and HMRC and Cabinet Office officials.

Where exceptionally members cannot attend a deputy may represent them at the Chair's discretion. Membership is as follows:

| Name | Business Area | Role | |-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | **HMRC** | | | | Edward Troup | Central Tax & Strategy | HMRC Tax Assurance Commissioner and Second Permanent Secretary | | Mike Hawkins | Knowledge, Analysis and Intelligence | DD Data, Policy and Co-ordination | | Cindy Bell | Central Policy | Information, Policy and Disclosure | | Adrian Ball | Security and Information | Deputy Director Security & Information Directorate | | Alec Waterhouse | Personal Tax | Data Integrity | | **Executive Agency** | | | | Dyfed Alsop | Valuation Office Agency | Director of Strategy, People and Change | | **Other Government Departments** | | | | Ed Parkes | Cabinet Office | Transparency Account Manager for HMRC | | **Public Sector Transparency Board** | | | | Chris Taggart | Public Sector Transparency Board | | | **Academia** | | | | Paul Boyle / Fiona Armstrong | Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) | Chief Executive | | **Confidentiality and Data Protection** | | | | Judith Jones | Information Commissioners Office (ICO) | Group Manager, Government and Society Group. | | **Credit Rating Agencies and Private Sector** | | | | Don Robert / Peter Cummings | Experian | Chief Executive | | Neil Munroe / Johanna Edwards | Equifax | Director of External Affairs & Communications | | **Think Tanks** | | | | Paul Johnson / Jonathan Shaw | Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) | Director | | **Other Representative Bodies** | | | | Keith Dugmore | Demographics User Group (DUG) | Director | | Peter Fanning | Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) | Chief Executive | GOVERNANCE

The Board will provide progress updates as appropriate to the:

- Public Sector Transparency Board
- HMRC Executive Committee (EXCOM)

In addition it should keep itself abreast of the developments of the Social Mobility Transparency Board.

FREQUENCY AND CONDUCT OF MEETINGS

- The board will initially meet every two months and then move to quarterly once it has developed a work plan.
- Decisions taken at the board meetings will be communicated in writing as part of the minutes
- Board members will routinely self assess their performance and review their ongoing attendance

SECRETARIAT

The secretariat will be provided by HM Revenue & Customs, KAI (Knowledge, Analysis & Intelligence) (Daniele Bega & Ian Parfitt) and will:

- Manage attendance on behalf of the chair
- Issue an agenda, which will be agreed by the chair, and papers in advance of the meeting (ideally 5 working days but a minimum of 3 working days)
- Issue minutes and action point logs within ten working days following a meeting
- Commission documents / papers from the appropriate members / Business Area